Definition of Sleuth
Sleuth
sleuth
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
an investigator or detective, a person who solves crimes;
e.g. He was hired as a private sleuth to solve the case.
(verb)
to carefully search for information about a mystery or crime or to carry out an investigation, to act like a detective;
e.g. They decided to sleuth around to see if they could find any clues.
(verb)
to discover something as a result for carefully searching for or investigating it (often used as "sleuth out");
e.g. Finally, I was able to sleuth out the details of what had happened.
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